Den hållbara rösten – Developing a sustainable voice – workshop

Most of us take being able to talk for granted, and rarely think about how we actually use our voice to do so. Your voice needs to last throughout your life – through colds and stress, and during long periods of use. You also need to talk in a way that allows you to be heard and understood. In many ways, your voice helps shape your message, with its quality, strength, tone, tempo, and variation. It is easily affected by attitudes and emotions such as nervousness, stress or confidence.

In this workshop, we will look at how various aspects of a voice can affect how a listener will interpret what is said. We will talk about people’s associations with voices that sound shrill, boring, monotonous, or creaky, and how vocal behavior can strengthen or weaken both the message and the listener’s confidence in the speaker. There are plenty of expressions that describe how a voice can sound, and we often go so far as to assume that the voice tells us what the speaker is like as a person.

Content

Some points that will be covered:

• The voice’s function and physiology
• The vital importance of breathing
• When a voice inspires confidence
• Vocal technique
• Speaking when you have a cold
• Stress and emotions’ effect on the voice
• Exercises for developing and training your voice

Workshop leader

Kristina Lund is a voice therapist, vocal coach, singer, choir director, and professional coach. Since the early 1990s, she has worked as a consultant in the areas of communication, body language, voice and leadership, helping individuals in a wide range of professions in many different contexts. Since 2015, she has worked in the Logonomy Programme at The University College of Music Education in Stockholm, where she teaches method, didactics, communication and leadership, presentation technique, vocal training, and singing.

Workshop offered by

Karriär & Ledning – Career and Leadership Development Centre
Uppsala universitet – Uppsala University